Quality 16MnCr5

According to standards EN 10084: 2008 Lucefin Group

Number 1.7131
Chemical composition
C% Si% Mn% P% S% Cr%
max max max
0,14-0,19 0,40 1,00-1,30 0,025 0,035 0,80-1,10 Permissible deviations
± 0.02 + 0.03 ± 0.05 + 0.005 + 0.005 ± 0.05 on the product
16MnCrS5 n° 1.7139 S% 0.020-0.040 permissible deviation on the product ± 0.005%
By agreement this steel can be supplied with the addition of lead (Pb) 0.15-0.35%
Calcium (Ca) treatment may be supplied on request
Temperature °C
Hot forming Normalizing Core Carbonitriding Carburizing Hardening Tempering
hardening carburizing surf.
1150-850 880 860-900 750-930 900-950 810-840 oil 150
air oil-polymer gas polymer salt 200
(HB 138-187) salt bath bath (160-250 °C)
Soft Isothermal Spheroidizing End quench Preheating Stress relieving
annealing annealing hardenability welding after welding
750-770 slowly 870 furnace 730-750 furnace 870 welding must be made on the annealing and before
15 °C/h cooling to cooling 50 °C/h to water the carburizing
until 680 pause 650 after, air 680 pause, 150-350 600 furnace cooling
after slowly to 400 cooling to 400 AC1 AC3 MS * core
pause, after air after air ** carburizing surface
(HB max 207) (HB 156-207) (HB 140-187) 740 840 400* 200**
Transformation annealing +FP As-rolled Stress relieving
950-1000 quick cooling to 630-650 holding abaut 3 h, after air --- 600-620
(HB 140-187) (HB max 230)
Mechanical and physical properties
Hot rolled properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving UNI 7846: 1978 Only reference.
size Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm R Rp 0.2 A% C% Kcu HB
test blanks N/mm2 N/mm2 min. min. min. J min.
11 1030-1370 735 8 -- 25 311-394
30 740-1030 490 9 -- 25 224-311 for information
63 640-930 440 10 -- 25 198-278 for information
Hot rolled condition untreated Lucefin esperience
size R Rp 0.2 A% C% Kcu HB
mm N/mm2 N/mm2 min. min. min. J min. max
over 10 to 100 560-720 350 15 25 -- 207
Table of tempering values at room temperature for round Ø 10 mm after quenching at 870 °C in oil
HB 390 385 385 385 385 381 376 362 348 319 286 240 213 200
HRC 42 41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 41 40.5 39 37.5 34 30 22.5 -- --
R N/mm2 1340 1335 1330 1330 1320 1300 1260 1210 1150 1050 950 800 700 650
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 1020 1060 1110 1140 1145 1140 1110 1070 1010 930 830 710 620 560
A % 12.0 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.0 12.0 12.5 13.0 14.0 15.5 17.5 20.0 23.0 25.5
C % 52.0 52.0 53.0 54.0 55.0 57.0 59.0 61.0 63.0 64.0 68.0 72.0 75.0 --
Kv J 42 46 46 45 42 40 42 62 90 124 135 155 180 194
HRC carburizing 64 63 62 60.5 59 57 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
surface
Tempering at °C 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
16MnCrS5 1.7139 EN 10277-4: 2008 Lucefin Group
size Soft annealing +A +SH Soft annealing Heat treatment +FP +SH Heat treatment +FP +C
mm Peeled Reeled, +A +C for pearlite / ferrite structure for pearlite / ferrite structure
Ground +SL Cold drawn Peeled Reeled, Ground Cold drawn
over to HB max HB max HB HB
5 a) 10 -- 260 -- --
10 16 -- 250 -- --
16 40 207 245 140-187 140-240
40 63 207 240 140-187 140-235
63 100 207 240 140-187 140-235
a) for thickness below 5 mm, hardness test, can be agreed before order placement

Forged UNI 8550: 1984 Only reference.

size Testing at room temperature
mm R Rp 0.2 A% L A% T A% Q Kcu L Kcu T Kv L HB
over to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min min min J min J min J min for inform.
11 1030-1375 735 8 -- -- 25 -- -- 311-395
11 25 785-1080 540 9 -- -- 30 -- -- 234-327
25 50 685-930 490 10 -- -- 30 -- -- 209-278
mechanical properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving
L = longitudinal T = tangential Q = radial
EN 10084: 2008 Jominy test HRC grain size G 5 min.
distance in mm from quenched end
1.5 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 -- H
min 39 36 31 28 24 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- normal
max 47 46 44 41 39 37 35 33 31 30 29 28 27 -- -- --
Temperature Mod. of elasticity N/mm2 Rp 0.2 N/mm2 Thermal expansion
Testing at °C E long. G tang. Ǿ < 250 mm Ǿ 250-500 [(m/m●K) ●10-6 °C-1 ]
20 210000 80000 -- -- --
100 -- -- -- -- 11.1
200 -- -- -- -- 12.1
300 -- -- -- -- 12.9
400 -- -- -- -- 13.5
500 -- -- -- -- 13.9
600 -- -- -- -- --
Specific heat capacity Density Thermal conductivity Specific electric resist. Conductivity
J/(Kg●K) Kg/dm3 W/(m●K) Ohm●mm2/m Siemens●m/mm2
460 7.85 41 0.16 6.25
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